Small pink-red chrysidid, N Italy
Posted: 20 Jul 2020 23:05
The photographs were taken at the same site, mostly on the same rock, between 4 and 16 July 2020. I cannot be sure they all represent the same individual but they seemed the same species! It was very active, running around stones and rocks, through grass stems, etc, with occasional short flights to a nearby rock. In late afternoon it, and two or three chrysidids of other species would congregate on a rock with crevices and possible hymenopteran tunnels. They would check these, then back into the chosen hole and not reappear, presumably until next day. Sometimes two different chrysidids would share one crevice. I would really like to know the correct genus, and of course the species if that’s possible! Many thanks for any help.